Cowboys North And South

WILL JAMES

Publication: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1924, New York

First edition. The author's first book. Gray cloth, xvii [blank], 217 pp., preface, profusely illustrated with Will James' wonderful drawings. In 1924, Will James' career as an author and artist achieved national recognition with this work, his first book. A fine compilation of stories, complemented with his drawings. "He illustrates his books. The best one is his first, written before he became sophisticated with life."---J. Frank Dobie. "His first two books, Cowboys North and South and The Drifting Cowboy are high spots, for my money."---Jeff Dykes. An "Aristocrat of the Cow Country" as described by Louis P. Merrill. Light foxing to the front and rear endpapers, else a near fine, bright, clean copy, in the rare dust jacket with light wear to the spine ends, with a small closed tear to the top and bottom edges of the front cover panel. A nice copy in the elusive dust jacket.